Zephyrosaurus
Field photograph to come
Zephyrosaurus
DV-0268
- Lived
- 113 to 101 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- about 1.8 m (6 ft)
- Group
- Early ornithischians, Thescelosauridae
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Sues 1980
Field notes
About Zephyrosaurus
Zephyrosaurus was a plant-eating early ornithischian that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 113 to 101 million years ago. It belongs to the family Thescelosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Zephyrosaurus, from Montana. Its fossils come from the Cloverly Formation. It was named by Sues in 1980.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
105 million years ago
To scale
How big was Zephyrosaurus?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Thescelosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: H.-D. Sues. 1980. Anatomy and relationships of a new hypsilophodontid dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of North America. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 169(1-3):51-72